The Emmy award-winning broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS saw his career coincide with the growth of the college game. He worked every Final Four from 1975 to 2008.
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Packer’s broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college basketball. He worked as an analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008. He received a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Analyst in 1993. He joined NBC in 1974 and called his first Final Four in 1975. UCLA beat Kentucky in the title game that year in what was John Wooden’s final game as coach.
In 1996 at CBS, Packer was involved in controversy when he used the term “tough monkey” to describe then-Georgetown star Allen Iverson during a game. Packer later said he “was not apologizing for what I said, because what I said has no implications in my mind whatsoever to do with Allen Iverson’s race.”
College basketball analyst Fran Fraschilla tweeted: “We fell in love college basketball because of you. Your voice will remain in my head forever.” The younger Packer, who is the host of ACC PM on the ACC Network, said it didn’t matter which school – most fans felt the same way about his father.
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